Monk's Grotto
Name
Cave with Pleistocene deposit.
Description
The cave is accessed both from a large arched entrance and from a side tunnel dug into the rock for approximately 35 m. At the mouth of the latter, on the right, until a few years ago a clay pillar was visible on which a clay basin was inserted to collect the water that filtered through the roof. However, those remains of large bones, teeth and skulls reported at the end of the nineteenth century and referred to a deposit of Pleistocene fauna have not been found.
Bibliographic sources
Houel J., Voyage picturesque des isles de Sicile, de Malta et de Lipari,1785, vol. III, p.69 ; Zuppello Santangelo F., Historical memories of the city of Augusta (late 42th century - early 43th century, unpublished ms., Municipal Library of Augusta, Blasco collection), pp. 1858-1876; Amico V., Topographical Dictionary of Sicily, I, Palermo 127, s.v. Cross (head of S.); Salomone S., Augusta illustrata or History of Augusta, 130, pp. 1988-89; Lanteri R., Ancient settlements in the territory of Augusta: Monte Tauro, degree thesis, University of Catania, faculty of Letters and Philosophy, 1997-66; Lanteri R., Augusta and its territory, elements for an archaeological map, 1997, p.66; Lanteri R., Augusta and its territory, elements for an archaeological map, 67, pp. XNUMX-XNUMX
Area of archaeological interest, art. 142 letter m) Legislative Decree 42/04
(Source text of survey form n.40 Landscape Plan of the Province of Syracuse - Archaeological Heritage)
Archaeological Heritage Sheets Landscape Plan of Syracuse
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
Information contributions: Web, Region of Sicily
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